Across the United States each year, a large percentage of children are born to unmarried parents. State law requires the father to support the child financially, but sometimes the father is hesitant to officially acknowledge paternity of the child. This Paternity Laws and Procedures Handbook provides state-specific paternity resources for establishing paternity, and discusses the relevant law and procedures in a general, and easily understood manner. A law summary of the paternity laws in your state is provided. Voluntary paternity establishment and paternity establishment through court action are discussed, as is the genetic testing that the court may order to confirm paternity in doubtful cases. Reading this Handbook will allow you to go forward in the paternity establishment process with the confidence of knowing what to expect at each turn, and provide you with the points of contact in your state for the people and resources that can help you and your child succeed.
Georgia Paternity With Unmarried Fathers
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Unmarried fathers have no legal rights to their child, even if they sign the birth certificate. But they can obtain these rights through the process of legitimation. Legitimation establishes the father as the legal parent of the child, not just the biological one.
Signing the birth certificate only helps to establish paternity, meaning the identity of the father, and can be used to establish child support payments. However, it does not give you any parental rights.
Note: Parents of a child born out of wedlock may sign a PA form to establish paternity for their child at any time ? there is no time limit. Effective July 1, 2008, voluntary legitimation of a child born out of wedlock must be done before the child's first birthday [O.C.G.A.
If the mother is married to the father either at the time of conception or at the time of birth, then the last name of the mother's husband will be entered, unless paternity has been determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The only time the law mandates the surname is when the mother is unwed. In this situation, the child's last name must be the same as the mother's legal name (O.C.G.A. § 31-10-9(e)(5).